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~ My first home, my first project (not 56k friendly)

Hello all,

I'm a noobie to the forum just looking for a place to log my progress and get some feedback along the way.

I'm a 21 year old from Omaha, NE. I closed on my home in mid October, so I haven't had it for more than a month. The house I bought is actually the house I grew up in, parents sold it off about 3 years ago to move out where were are now (nicer neighborhood / nicer houses). Well, just like the current trend, the people who bought it didn't pay and faced foreclosure. I got it for less than half of what we sold it for and paid cash FTW.

The deadbeats (or victims depending on your views) trashed it, but it's mostly cosmetic and on the inside, so I'll be gutting it and fixing it up with the intention of eventually flipping it. Will probably end up moving into it for a while with some roommates.

It's a cute little thing :) , about 1100 sqft:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...trox/house.jpg

Yard will clean up pretty well, and I'm going to be tearing down some walls on the inside to re-organize the living space to make it roomie friendly.

My first weekend with this house I took as a four day weekend to do some work (fri-mon), here are some pics showing how rough it is and some of the things we did.

To sum it up (that I can remember)

- I have a new roof
- we (my father and I) built a concrete canal type thing on the side of the house to prevent water from coming into the basement (had slight leakage issues)
- New front door
- scraped the **** out of some walls, did spackling, prepped for paint etc
- fixed some of the ghetto patches in the textured ceiling
- tore down some things that needed to be taken down

pics!

Piles of shingles and the best pos car I've ever owned:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4381.jpg

Roofers roofin:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4382.jpg

Dad making door holes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4392.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4390.jpg

New door (put the same storm door back on and needs cleaned up yet):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4397.jpg

Tearing down some paneling to find out what was behind it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4360.jpg

These people liked nailing things everywhere:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4367.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4396.jpg

Upstairs bedroom has potential:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4373.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4375.jpg

I have a LOT of work to look forward to,

and the Home Depots in my hood will be seeing a lot of me.

sweet man congrats. welcome to the single most expensive and time consuming hobby there is

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Originally Posted by specialguest (Post 180887)

sweet man congrats. welcome to the single most expensive and time consuming hobby there is

no kidding. i'll second that congrats and welcome.

Framing of the bedroom extension begins:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../IMAGE_095.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../IMAGE_100.jpg

The wall was load bearing, so we built this giant brace:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../IMAGE_105.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../IMAGE_108.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../IMAGE_109.jpg
That's about it, we'll finish building that room this weekend, do some wiring, and hopefully hang some drywall.

Way to go nothing like jumpimg in with both feet,best of luck..

Been a while since I updated, I forgot the camera last weekend, so I didn't have much to post.

At this point, all the drywall on the main floor has been hung, it's all been taped, sanded, and the ceilings re-textured. There are just some details to double check under good lighitng before we slap the primer on the walls.

Extended bedroom:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4485.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4466.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4468.jpg

Inside the bedroom looking out:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4470.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4474.jpg

From the other end of the living room:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4457.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4460.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4461.jpg

Sample of the texture in the bathroom (best lighing I could find to show the work)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...DSCF4486-1.jpg

Inside the doorway where we added the air supply to the upstairs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4451.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4450.jpg

Looking upstairs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/DSCF4495.jpg

I REALLY need to get a fisheye lens for my camera to better capture the work.

Just download a photostitching app an make panoramas if you want to show everything

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I wish I had a project such as this!:thumbup:

Did the house you by is it in Omaha Ne, if so hi neighbor I'm from Bellevue. Judging by the dish on the house i say you live in south east omaha around 20 and a-z streets.